{"id":6954,"date":"2015-04-14T09:49:43","date_gmt":"2015-04-14T08:49:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/etims.net\/?p=6954"},"modified":"2015-04-14T09:49:43","modified_gmt":"2015-04-14T08:49:43","slug":"celtic-diary-tuesday-april-14-did-i-miss-anything-important","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/etims.net\/?p=6954","title":{"rendered":"Celtic Diary Tuesday April 14: Did I Miss Anything Important ?"},"content":{"rendered":"

After an enforced absence of a few days due to illness-everyone was sick of me-the diary returns fresh with its usual mixture of laughter tears and piss poor jokes.<\/p>\n

I was away in Dunoon, and took advantage of the war games in the Clyde to take a few pictures. The americans were on the ball, as usual, spotting an unarmed passenger ferry;<\/p>\n

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As ever, the Clyde offered spectacular scenery, something that you take for granted up there. The new wee ferry from gourock to dunoon worried me a bit at first;<\/p>\n

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as I couldn’t remember where I’d seen it before, then it dawned on me..<\/p>\n

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but the little craft was superb, and sitting on the deck I took loads of pictures of the warships and submarines, until a boat drew alongside..<\/p>\n

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It was a police launch, so I leapt over the side, after screaming “You’ll never take me alive , copper. ”<\/p>\n

Look, it’s a diary.<\/p>\n

Newsnow is elsewhere.<\/p>\n

The football ? Oh, alright then.<\/p>\n

John Guidetti has been offered a deal by feyenoord, but we hear it’s a little short of what he wants in his pay packet every month. Thousands of pounds short, and he hasn’t signed it yet. According to Inside football, Inter Milan are monitoring the situation as well.<\/p>\n

Feyenoord technical director Martin van Gell said;<\/p>\n

\u00a0\u201cWe want the best squad and if that\u2019s possible with Guidetti, it\u2019d be nice. It\u2019s definitely an option. We\u2019ll do all we can to make it happen.\u201d\u00a0<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

It must have lost something in the translation. “Best Squad ” and “Guidetti ” are not words I’d expect to find in the same sentence. The Swede, a modern day Regi Blinker, came, did well to start with, and then fell away.<\/p>\n

I don’t think we’ll be too bothered if he doesn’t stay. Seems to me he just wants to be loved, as long as the moneys right.<\/p>\n

The money should be right for Anthony Stokes as well, as Neil Lennon, having stabilised Boltons postion in the English First divsion, looks to improve his forward options. Wonder if he spoke to Gary Hooper as well at the weekend after the Bolton Norwich game….?<\/p>\n

See, anyone can make this shite up.<\/p>\n

Celtic had scouts watching the Benfica -Academica game at the weekend, so it’s fairly clear the club is looking ahead, and we hear that it was an Academica player, forward Rafael Lopes, that was the subject of our attention;<\/p>\n

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He’s familiar with Scottish football, and is a big fan of Lee Mcculloch, the veteran defender helping new Rangers to ditribute whatever welth they have left.<\/p>\n

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Celtic’s \u00a0main striker, Leigh Griffiths celebrated his return to the first team with another early goal, and then threw a bit of a wobbly when he was removed to make way for Griffiths during the 1-1 draw with Inverness on Saturday. You can’t blame him. Griffiths is the best forward we have, and he should start the games until the meaningful ones are done.<\/p>\n

Ronny Deila spoke about the tantrum;<\/p>\n

“He looked unhappy when he was substituted,”<\/em><\/p>\n

“That is something I understand. He should be angry every time he is taken off.”\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n

Fair enough, but aren’t we supposed to keep players happy, at least the one’s who are doing a job ?<\/p>\n

Deila shared his thoughts about the substitution with us;<\/p>\n

“We could have gone to two strikers, and I was thinking about that, but we wanted to keep our shape,” he reflected. “Maybe that was wrong. Maybe we should have attacked more.”\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n

Two strikers ? We haven’t got two strikers. Thats the problem.<\/p>\n

It’s all going horribly wrong for Liam Henderson over in Norway. He’s become the subject of unwanted attention from young ladies and theres a real danger that his concentration could be affected;<\/p>\n

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Bring him home !<\/p>\n

Hang on, he’s just sent me a message..<\/p>\n

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\u00a0Charming.<\/p>\n

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\u00a0The SFA have decided that Stevie MacLean should be rewarded for his awful display in the Dundee united -Aberdeen League Cup semi final by being awarded the Scottish cup semi final featuring Inverness and Celtic. With Aberdeen one up, he disallowed what seemed a perfectly good goal by \u00a0Dons Adam Rooney , and United came back to win 2-1.<\/p>\n

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This was Neil Lennons 100th game at Celtic, when Daniel Majstorovic was sent off, and he spoke about it post match;<\/p>\n

\u00a0“I am going to speak to the club about it and see if there is grounds for appeal,”<\/em><\/p>\n

“I thought he got the ball. How the linesman could give it is beyond me and there were some very inconsistent decisions out there today.<\/em><\/p>\n

“I think both sets of coaching staff were unhappy with the performance today.<\/em><\/p>\n

“But I don’t think the referee got much help from either of his linesmen.<\/em><\/p>\n

“We were told that the linesman gave it, whether I am wrong on that I don’t know.<\/em><\/p>\n

“I have seen it on the television and it is pretty inconclusive but it looked to me that Daniel got the ball, you see the way the ball moves.<\/em><\/p>\n

“It is very debatable decision that has gone against us.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n

Ah, the old “linesman did it and ran away” \u00a0excuse..<\/p>\n

Maclean has been the man in the middle three times this season when Celtic have played. Defeats to Hamilton and Dundee Utd-where Stefan Scepovic had a goal disallowed, and a win over Hamilton.<\/p>\n

In 34 games this season, he has handed out 112 yellow cards and five red. Only twice has he kept his cards in his pocket.<\/p>\n

Dumbarton against Alloa in September, and Second Rangers 1-0 cup win over St. Johnstone in October.<\/p>\n

Here he explains the handball rule, and shows why Scottish referees are rated so highly around the world;<\/p>\n

Maclean explains the handball rule.<\/a><\/p>\n

In a game that is played at breakneck pace, please tell me that he makes his mind up a little quicker than the interview implies.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, over at Second Rangers, the usual chaos continues. Not only are they still skint, and still unable to raise any money from investors, theres a whisper that they might soon vacate Murray Park, as Irish journalist Phil MacGhiollabhan has heard they’ve been asking about possible changes to insurance payments if they on a premise in the Anniesland Road.<\/p>\n

\u00a0It’s just a shame this celebrity fan isn’t around to help them out. He used to do a lot for charity.<\/p>\n

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Meanwhile, Celtic face Kilmarnock tomorrow, and there is a collection in the memory of the clubs founder Brother walfrid at the ground. Heres what is needed, courtesy of Harry Brady;<\/p>\n

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All thats good about our club. If you can’t make it to the game, you can always donate locally.<\/p>\n

And when you go to vote next month, remember what you did one evening in april.<\/p>\n

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\u00a0Is this man wondering if there are any spaces on the Gardening Crew ?<\/p>\n

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Theres further news on the little bear who was found outside a train station the other day;<\/p>\n

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Finally, as predicted in the Etims Rumour mill, Billy McNeill will have a statue erected in his honour at Celtic Park. alright, we may have described it differently, claiming it was the stand being named after Jimmy McGrory, but it’s essentially the same thing and another coup for our pish stained roving reporter.<\/p>\n

\u00a0Big Billy deserves the recognition. A true legend.<\/p>\n

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And a nicer guy you couldn’t hope to meet.<\/p>\n

Anyone know the story behind this picture ?<\/p>\n

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